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Once-A-Week Podcast: What Is A Big Fight Week Anymore? · Big Dog Lukie Boxing Podcast

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SPEAKER_01: Brought to you by you.
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SPEAKER_01: So thank you.
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SPEAKER_01: And today for my opening segment, it's not going to be a thought or reaction per se.
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SPEAKER_01: It's going to be a question.
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SPEAKER_01: My question is, what does a big fight week look like anymore?
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SPEAKER_01: We somewhat saw it earlier this year with Nao in a way versus Junto Nakatani.
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SPEAKER_01: We somewhat saw it with David Benavidez versus Gilberto Zordo Ramirez.
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SPEAKER_01: But yet when Ryan Garcia versus Conor Bren occurred, which was a big,
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SPEAKER_01: let's watch what's going to happen.
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SPEAKER_01: Inevitably, there was a talent deficit.
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SPEAKER_01: Conor Benn is just simply not as good as Ryan Garcia.
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SPEAKER_01: And there was going to be a subsection of fans like myself, some others,
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SPEAKER_01: who just simply were not that interested because they felt like the gap
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SPEAKER_01: in talent was too much.
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SPEAKER_01: And then you notice there's not the hotel check-ins.
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SPEAKER_01: We're getting less and less media workouts.
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SPEAKER_01: Starting pay-per-view fight weeks on a Thursday, but we're asking people to pay for the fights.
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SPEAKER_01: It feels like as fans we're getting less and less, but being asked to pay more and more.
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SPEAKER_01: Feels like the sport is hidden behind paywalls to such an extent that That the fans
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SPEAKER_01: that will pay are taken for granted.
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SPEAKER_01: Oh, they'll always be there.
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SPEAKER_01: We'll just give them whatever it is and we'll run the show, etc.
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SPEAKER_01: And with Canelo Alvarez fight week this week,
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SPEAKER_01: you know, the story will be Canelo looked good.
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SPEAKER_01: He beats him, Billy.
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SPEAKER_01: And Billy's the type of guy that if the questions people had,
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SPEAKER_01: like he has money and if he's tired and if he's exhausted,
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SPEAKER_01: this is the type of guy in theory that should beat him.
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SPEAKER_01: Right.
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SPEAKER_01: This is the type of guy who might have enough youthful excitement
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SPEAKER_01: and energy to make
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SPEAKER_01: a demanding fight, a physically hard fight, a fight that Canelo goes, you know what,
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SPEAKER_01: I want to enjoy my riches.
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SPEAKER_01: Canelo showed he's still a really good fighter and Billy showed that he wasn't used
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SPEAKER_01: to dealing with an elite level counterpuncher.
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SPEAKER_01: His punch output dropped not just because of power
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SPEAKER_01: but because he couldn't really tell where the punches were coming from.
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SPEAKER_01: He couldn't guess the combinations.
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SPEAKER_01: But the thing that sticks with me is what does a fight week look like now?
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SPEAKER_01: What does a frigging fight week look like now?
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SPEAKER_01: What's a big fight week?
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SPEAKER_01: Because this Canelo and Billy fight was fine enough. It occurred.
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SPEAKER_01: It got over in the middle of the day. That was nice.
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SPEAKER_01: It went on a long time but it didn't really feel like it captured the boxing world
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SPEAKER_01: or the sporting world's imagination.
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SPEAKER_01: Typically when Canelo fights, the world stops and people watch.
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SPEAKER_01: Canelo has traditionally been a fighter
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SPEAKER_01: Where people come in and out of boxing for.
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SPEAKER_01: He's from a different era.
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SPEAKER_01: Many different people have heard of him.
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SPEAKER_01: He's been someone that's been a constant.
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SPEAKER_01: And yet his fight with Mbelli, which was too...
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SPEAKER_01: Continue his career to a certain extent as a main event level boxer,
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SPEAKER_01: as a traditional boxer, as someone who can still beat the up and comers, right?
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SPEAKER_01: That he just had an embarrassing loss to Terrence Crawford
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SPEAKER_01: because Terrence Crawford is a Henry Armstrong-like fighter who is exceptional
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SPEAKER_01: in his abilities and can move up in weight and beat a naturally bigger man.
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SPEAKER_01: He defied what I think critics of Canelo want him to be done or want him to be written off.
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SPEAKER_01: He did what great fighters do.
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SPEAKER_01: And he showed that if you're not really like an all-time great or a really,
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SPEAKER_01: really special fighter, you're simply not going to beat him.
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SPEAKER_01: And then...
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SPEAKER_01: You know, typically that would be a big story.
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SPEAKER_01: But whether it's the location not taking place in America or close enough to Mexico,
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SPEAKER_01: whether it's the opponents, whether it's just that streaming is here now and less
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SPEAKER_01: and less people watch terrestrial television, boxing isn't on TV.
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SPEAKER_01: And the big thing is this was supposed to be one of the big fight weeks of the year
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SPEAKER_01: and it came and went and it didn't really make much of a ripple in the water.
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SPEAKER_01: And we look at the schedule.
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SPEAKER_01: There are good fights, but there aren't game-changing fights.
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SPEAKER_01: We got Benavidez and more than likely Haney.
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SPEAKER_01: Those are the next two big fights.
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SPEAKER_01: After that, who knows?
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SPEAKER_01: After that, we don't know.
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SPEAKER_01: And it makes me wonder, what does a big fight week look like?
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SPEAKER_01: And what do we expect from the beats of a big fight week?
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SPEAKER_01: Do we expect the hotel check-in?
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SPEAKER_01: Do we expect the atmosphere where everyone wants to be there?
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SPEAKER_01: Where it's like boxing's meetup, so to speak.
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SPEAKER_01: Everyone that's an insider wants to be out there to network or to be around
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SPEAKER_01: or to meet a fighter or to be in the mix.
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SPEAKER_01: Doesn't seem like we've gotten one of those in a long time, right?
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SPEAKER_01: Where there's a lot of buzz just to be out there.
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SPEAKER_01: Could it also be a sign of the times?
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SPEAKER_01: Las Vegas 15 to 20 years ago was a different Las Vegas.
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SPEAKER_01: There used to be a little bit more reasonable rates.
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SPEAKER_01: People could get free parking.
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SPEAKER_01: Now I hear in a very bad economy,
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SPEAKER_01: people are complaining about price gouging and the casinos are just trying
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SPEAKER_01: to take advantage of everything,
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SPEAKER_01: trying to charge you for every single thing possible.
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SPEAKER_01: Does that factor into big fight weeks where people feel
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SPEAKER_01: as though value is no longer existing in America?
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SPEAKER_01: People are just trying to give them the subscription model of fees on top of fees.
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SPEAKER_01: And does that weigh into it?
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SPEAKER_01: But what I came away from other than realizing Canelo Alvarez
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SPEAKER_01: a good fighter is what is a big fight week as we head into 2027?
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SPEAKER_01: Because right now a big fight week seems to be to me Either a very popular fighter
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SPEAKER_01: who we're not sure how good they are and they're younger
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SPEAKER_01: or an older fighter who's closer to retirement coming back as we kind of reflect
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SPEAKER_01: on the sport that people in their mid 40s or late 30s or whatever reflect upon.
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SPEAKER_01: Man, I remember when this sport felt a little bit healthier and this was one
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SPEAKER_01: of my guys and I'm just happy to see him because it's part watching this right now
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SPEAKER_01: and it's part nostalgia.
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SPEAKER_01: That's what I think a big fight week is.
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SPEAKER_01: Let's go to your questions, okay?
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SPEAKER_01: It's going to be a good one.
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SPEAKER_01: Someone asked me about aging legends.
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SPEAKER_01: And is Canelo back or did he just have one more great fight?
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SPEAKER_01: And that's kind of the TBD because typically Hall of Famers in the twilight
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SPEAKER_01: of their career, they give us one more night of magic.
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SPEAKER_01: That's kind of the rule with the all-time greats.
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SPEAKER_01: You count them out and they give you a night of magic.
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SPEAKER_01: I think a Nonito Donair...
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SPEAKER_01: He kind of had that performance with Inouye.
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SPEAKER_01: People were like, okay, he's done it.
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SPEAKER_01: He's probably done.
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SPEAKER_01: And then he beats Nordin, the champion at the time.
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SPEAKER_01: I believe it was 2021.
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SPEAKER_01: And everyone's like, whoa.
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SPEAKER_01: People had kind of written him off.
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SPEAKER_01: Then you also wonder, are we as writers,
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SPEAKER_01: are we as fans, hyperbole, the negative people, right?
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SPEAKER_01: Not the people that believe in Canelo.
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SPEAKER_01: Is there a need to write Canelo off prematurely?
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SPEAKER_01: Because he hasn't maybe traditionally given us the fights we've wanted
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SPEAKER_01: with Jaime Munguia, Edgar Berlanga, William Skull, I guess,
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SPEAKER_01: had to happen because of the belt left his possession.
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SPEAKER_01: But these are not fights we were demanding.
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SPEAKER_01: We wanted David Benavidez.
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SPEAKER_01: Me, personally, I want Osley's Iglesias in with Canelo Alvarez.
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SPEAKER_01: Is there a frustration with Canelo the businessman after the Bivol loss?
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SPEAKER_01: And are people just, okay, you lost? We lost to Crawford.
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SPEAKER_01: We're frustrated that we didn't get to see those matchups.
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SPEAKER_01: We really, really wanted to see.
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SPEAKER_01: We're going to just put you on the back burner.
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SPEAKER_01: Canelo is probably a pound for pound level fighter,
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SPEAKER_01: but he's not listed on the pound for pound list anymore.
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SPEAKER_01: And I think that speaks to more of a dissatisfaction with some
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SPEAKER_01: of the matchups he's taken at times.
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SPEAKER_01: I don't think that bothers him.
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SPEAKER_01: But I think
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SPEAKER_01: That
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SPEAKER_01: will tell us
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SPEAKER_01: if this Canelo is steady at this level
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SPEAKER_01: or if this was just one magical night to defy people and say, no, I'm not done.
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SPEAKER_01: And another question is, and Billy had never stepped to this level.
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SPEAKER_01: The closest he came to this level was Lester Martinez.
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SPEAKER_01: He started out really strong, kind of tired himself out, and then struggled in the second half.
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SPEAKER_01: Did he take a lot out of himself in that Martinez fight?
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SPEAKER_01: Because in Billy's a high impact fighter and you have to question how much he might have.
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SPEAKER_01: Next question.
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SPEAKER_01: Why is Zufa not running more shows?
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SPEAKER_01: I don't know.
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SPEAKER_01: But the story of this year is just promoters in boxing are not running enough shows.
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SPEAKER_01: And I think the story of this year is what's going to be Zufa Boxing?
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SPEAKER_01: What is Zufa Boxing?
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SPEAKER_01: How does Zufa Boxing make noise?
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SPEAKER_01: And I think As traditional promoters slowed down or kind of their budgets shrank
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SPEAKER_01: or whatever is happening, Zufa didn't kind of maximize their stuff.
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SPEAKER_01: You have a fighter like Tony Hirsch Jr.
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SPEAKER_01: who could be prospect of the year, but he's going to return in a week.
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SPEAKER_01: On a club show by my house, I'll actually be there.
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SPEAKER_01: He's going to come back in a stay busy fight off television.
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SPEAKER_01: That might put him in position to not be prospect of the Europe fighter like Omari Jones might.
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SPEAKER_01: And it just seems strange that...
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SPEAKER_01: Really, during the football season, Zufa Boxing has moved over to the UK.
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SPEAKER_01: The UK has probably been as strong a boxing hub right now as it's ever been.
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SPEAKER_01: And it makes you wonder...
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SPEAKER_01: How many U.S. shows are going to happen next year?
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SPEAKER_01: I'd assume there's going to be probably, my guess would be something like 18 shows,
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SPEAKER_01: something in that number.
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SPEAKER_01: But of those shows, is the focus more so to be in the U.K.?
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SPEAKER_01: British fighters.
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SPEAKER_01: What do The Boatsy-Willie Hutchinson, I should say it,
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SPEAKER_01: the Joshua Boatsy versus Willie Hutchinson matchup has all the quirky, lukie traits.
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SPEAKER_01: What will Boatsy's identity be?
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SPEAKER_01: I love it because I think that sometimes,
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SPEAKER_01: and I'm going to talk while I read the question, I think sometimes Boatsy,
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SPEAKER_01: Boatsy once told me his favorite boxer is Smokin' Joe Frazier.
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SPEAKER_01: And Smokin' Joe Frazier is He stylistically to me does not fight like Joshua Bozzi,
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SPEAKER_01: but sometimes opposites attract.
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SPEAKER_01: But when in his fight with Parker, Zach Parker,
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SPEAKER_01: it felt as though he was channeling his inner Joe Frazier in that fight.
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SPEAKER_01: And then this comment said against Parker,
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SPEAKER_01: he was searching for the perfect punch and looked silly.
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SPEAKER_01: I've been around guys sometimes where it's almost like an itch you can't scratch,
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SPEAKER_01: where they're obsessed with a punch,
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SPEAKER_01: and until they get a feeling or a sensation that it seems right,
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SPEAKER_01: they search that feeling more than think about winning and as someone
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SPEAKER_01: on the outside looking in in many varieties,
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SPEAKER_01: it is a frustrating thing to see because you're like, get back to trying to win.
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SPEAKER_01: Boatze fought the wrong fight against Callum Smith.
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SPEAKER_01: Hutchinson has all the momentum and the emotions. I agree.
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SPEAKER_01: Hutchinson's impressed me.
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SPEAKER_01: He's one of the best Scottish amateur boxers ever.
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SPEAKER_01: Really underrated.
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SPEAKER_01: And his win over Ezra Taylor, I think, is a very good one.
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SPEAKER_01: But do these things matter at a domestic level?
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SPEAKER_01: I'll even take it a step further.
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SPEAKER_01: Do they matter at all?
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SPEAKER_01: And Hutchinson got beat in the first fight.
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SPEAKER_01: So they're basically asking me, I'm a momentum guy.
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SPEAKER_01: I go with momentum.
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SPEAKER_01: But that being said, all things being equal, do some guys just match up and beat some people?
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SPEAKER_01: I mean, Boatze seems like he's trending the wrong way.
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SPEAKER_01: It also feels like his career has never fully gotten started.
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SPEAKER_01: Hutchins has really kind of emerged as a guy
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SPEAKER_01: since that 5v5 Queensberry versus matchroom.
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SPEAKER_01: He's kind of elevated his status over the last two, two and a half years.
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SPEAKER_01: That being said, like my gut feeling is if you could pick one fighter,
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SPEAKER_01: you would always pick Watsi unless something's really wrong.
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SPEAKER_01: I will say that Hutchinson's ability to improve in a short period of time
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SPEAKER_01: and not be defined by losses are impressive.
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SPEAKER_01: But, you know, it's it's funny.
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SPEAKER_01: You guys sometimes give me criticism about like being a momentum guy.
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SPEAKER_01: And then I think about it and I'm like, OK,
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SPEAKER_01: I think on this one I'm going to break the Lukie momentum thing.
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SPEAKER_01: And then they're kind of like, well, be a momentum guy and go with Hutch.
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SPEAKER_01: And this is one where I'm going to have Tokers on tomorrow to do some British boxing breakdown.
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SPEAKER_01: And I think he's big on Hutchinson in this.
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SPEAKER_01: And we're going to go through the storyline.
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SPEAKER_01: But my gut feeling is, and this is a bad way to do it, I know, 2016 Rio Olympics,
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SPEAKER_01: which is almost 11 years ago now, 10, 10 and a half years ago.
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SPEAKER_01: I remember watching that and seeing the comment section light up with Boatze,
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SPEAKER_01: Boatze, Boatze, and people being so excited about Joshua Boatze.
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SPEAKER_01: And I remember watching him and seeing moments of him being a really, really great fighter.
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SPEAKER_01: And it's hard for me to shake that because I've never quite felt that way about Hutchinson.
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SPEAKER_01: But Hutchinson's also a blue collar guy that wouldn't shock me if he wins.
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SPEAKER_01: Criticism of Ramla Ali's career, basically saying people match make her career really well.
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SPEAKER_01: Look, she's she's underachieved as a pro.
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SPEAKER_01: Right. There's no knock.
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SPEAKER_01: There's no if ands or buts about it.
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SPEAKER_01: I believe in her like.
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SPEAKER_01: When she fought Lily Frutudo, she could have lost that fight.
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SPEAKER_01: She lost to Mercado.
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SPEAKER_01: But she has won when she fought Julissa Guzman
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SPEAKER_01: and got knocked out and then avenged that loss.
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SPEAKER_01: To me, that was a pretty impressive performance.
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SPEAKER_01: Now, by no means should you look at it and go, okay, she's a world-level fighter.
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SPEAKER_01: She was an Olympian, but didn't really go very far in the Olympics, etc.
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SPEAKER_01: I do give her credit that three years ago, she got knocked out.
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SPEAKER_01: She came back and outboxed the person that beat her.
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SPEAKER_01: I think that that is...
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SPEAKER_01: That's something.
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SPEAKER_01: But I definitely feel like when she steps up in competition,
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SPEAKER_01: she more often than not looks lost if we're going to be real.
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SPEAKER_01: So a question about,
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SPEAKER_01: do you think three-minute rounds would benefit Alicia Bumgarner
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SPEAKER_01: since she fought Choi at three-minute rounds and Turhan gasses out late even
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SPEAKER_01: with too many rounds?
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SPEAKER_01: Two-minute rounds.
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SPEAKER_01: This is what I'm sitting with my bald cranium contemplating.
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SPEAKER_01: Bumgarner should have an advantage being a disciplined boxer and being able to slow
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SPEAKER_01: the fight down and have time to work.
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SPEAKER_01: And I think Derek James doesn't get enough credit.
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SPEAKER_01: For his ability to make Bumgarner not have to work every single minute of every single round.
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SPEAKER_01: He's really kind of helped her mature and become a more versatile fighter.
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SPEAKER_01: That being said, Turhan now has one extra minute to land a big punch.
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SPEAKER_01: And that could be something.
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SPEAKER_01: You know, Turan has a bunch of upset wins where she stopped people that expected to beat her.
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SPEAKER_01: This year she has not looked good,
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SPEAKER_01: but she's got her back against the wall and she's fighting a superstar
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SPEAKER_01: and she has more time than ever to try to look for a big shot.
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SPEAKER_01: So I just want you to think about that.
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SPEAKER_01: People really enjoying the boxing awards.
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SPEAKER_01: First time I've seen my guy Benny Boy leave a comment.
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SPEAKER_01: He said, a perfect format to round up the month.
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SPEAKER_01: Short, concise, and spot on.
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SPEAKER_01: I agreed with all the picks.
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SPEAKER_01: I didn't see the Sam Marnell fight.
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SPEAKER_01: I will try to hunt it down.
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SPEAKER_01: I can't see it on YouTube.
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SPEAKER_01: Beck Nirmigan name bet.
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SPEAKER_01: KO was truly scary.
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SPEAKER_01: He looks like a proper menace.
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SPEAKER_01: Another contender for KO was Romero versus Fierro.
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SPEAKER_01: I agree.
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SPEAKER_01: Glad someone else saw Jamal Harvey and thought he looked very tidy.
17:34
SPEAKER_01: Thank you for the kind words
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SPEAKER_01: and hopefully I can earn you over as someone
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SPEAKER_01: that continues to watch my content because that would be really awesome.
17:49
SPEAKER_01: I had one in the wrong spot, which was film study.
17:51
SPEAKER_01: My guy, Anthony Cox, who was on the Good Fight Post Fight show last week, he said,
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SPEAKER_01: this is awesome coverage, mate. Well done.
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SPEAKER_01: Thank you, Anthony.
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SPEAKER_01: Observations about Christian and Billy that from 2022 to 2025,
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SPEAKER_01: Lester Martinez match.
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SPEAKER_01: He fought in a ring that they felt was smaller on Eye of the Tiger shows.
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SPEAKER_01: This led to M. Billy likely gassing out in the larger ring.
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SPEAKER_01: I'm not sure it was the ring that led to the gas out. Maybe it was that.
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SPEAKER_01: I think that what led to him gassing out was he was excited as heck.
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SPEAKER_01: To be on that type of stage as a guy.
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SPEAKER_01: I remember the guy now.
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SPEAKER_01: I am all over the place with this.
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SPEAKER_01: So basically the ring size playing a factor into that.
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SPEAKER_01: This is a great preview of the main card.
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SPEAKER_01: I'll agree with Picasso for Martin being the best quality fight now
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SPEAKER_01: that Paro is unfortunately off of the Espinoza fight.
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SPEAKER_01: I am struggling.
19:14
SPEAKER_01: There's a deep dive question about Jinjiro Shijiko.
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SPEAKER_01: So maybe if you could rewrite that question,
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SPEAKER_01: I'm just struggling to be able to figure out how to go at that one.
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SPEAKER_01: So, my guy Fan, if you can just redo that one or just maybe hit me up.
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SPEAKER_01: You know, I appreciate you a ton.
19:39
SPEAKER_01: Giovanni Cabrera fought Gabriel Flores Jr.
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SPEAKER_01: I remember because I got picked up by Pro Box TV News like seven or eight days after that fight.
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SPEAKER_01: He kind of quit after the split decision loss to Pitbull Cruz.
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SPEAKER_01: I think...
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SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I mean, I think that he kind of tried to be a stand-up comedian, if I remember.
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SPEAKER_01: He weighed in at 137 pounds versus Quasar,
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SPEAKER_01: missed weight at 137 versus Zepeda.
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SPEAKER_01: I remember Cabrera was huge.
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SPEAKER_01: Underdog versus Choi, a.k.a.
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SPEAKER_01: Ciro Chebec Osman Lalaf. I remember this match.
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SPEAKER_01: I remember thinking, why are the South Koreans such a heavy failure after a diminished weight?
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SPEAKER_01: Gio Cabrera, yes, Bibble is half Korean and Alicia Bumgarner is half Korean,
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SPEAKER_01: but we don't really see any high-level Korean boxers.
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SPEAKER_01: Siro Choi is actually an adopted name by a Uzbek named Izmalalov,
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SPEAKER_01: adopted out of respect for his Korean coach.
20:39
SPEAKER_01: Interesting facts.
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SPEAKER_01: The name Choi comes from the surname of the Korean promoter and mentor Choi Wan-il.
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SPEAKER_01: In an interview, Siri Choi explained that there is a proverb in Uzbekistan,
20:52
SPEAKER_01: a teacher is like a father, and he regards...
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SPEAKER_01: Choy Won Il as a father figure.
20:57
SPEAKER_01: Therefore, he chose to adopt his mentor's surname,
21:01
SPEAKER_01: combined it with his first two syllables from his real name
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SPEAKER_01: to form his current name, Siro Choy.
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SPEAKER_01: He currently lives and competes in South Korea and is applying for naturalization
21:14
SPEAKER_01: to And has expressed a desire for Korean citizenship and to serve
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SPEAKER_01: in the South Korean military in the future.
21:22
SPEAKER_01: Really, really interesting stuff right there.
21:27
SPEAKER_01: Some feedback to my Christian and Billy story for the good fight. Great article.
21:31
SPEAKER_01: Well done.
21:32
SPEAKER_01: Your point about how in Billy's rep and standing seemed to take a big hit.
21:37
SPEAKER_01: From the Martinez fight is spot on.
21:39
SPEAKER_01: Unfair in my opinion.
21:41
SPEAKER_01: What they're talking about and I brought up
21:42
SPEAKER_01: in the article was how I think people kind of brushed off in Billy having success
21:47
SPEAKER_01: in the fight and looked at him kind of brawling, plotting, and being aggressive.
21:53
SPEAKER_01: If Martinez was celebrated and acknowledged as a tier one operator after that fight,
21:57
SPEAKER_01: which I agree with, and boy what a fight, then it did seem a bit unfair.
22:01
SPEAKER_01: The draw took some shine off of in Billy's rep.
22:05
SPEAKER_01: Both fighters reps should have been enhanced after that fight.
22:08
SPEAKER_01: They were both in with someone who is at the top of the weight class and both had
22:11
SPEAKER_01: a great showing. 100% agree.
22:13
SPEAKER_01: And I do feel like for whatever reason,
22:19
SPEAKER_01: and Billy kind of came away with the perception that he lost the fight.
22:23
SPEAKER_01: Are we, oh, and then the next one is more Foster.
22:27
SPEAKER_01: Are we really buying into claims that Foster is suddenly being recognized by the masses?
22:32
SPEAKER_01: No, unless you were On Team Shock, like Lukie was for years, the answer should be no.
22:37
SPEAKER_01: Instead, what is happening is fans have ignored Foster for a decade.
22:44
SPEAKER_01: I think it goes on a little bit more.
22:48
SPEAKER_01: What I will say is Shock isn't like the traditional cool guy.
22:55
SPEAKER_01: He's not going to be the guy that I think all the other fighters are like, oh yeah,
23:00
SPEAKER_01: I hang out with Shock.
23:01
SPEAKER_01: Maybe that'll change now, but I think...
23:05
SPEAKER_01: He got underrated because he's a true fighter.
23:08
SPEAKER_01: He's a guy that doesn't always fit in.
23:10
SPEAKER_01: He's talented at the craft of boxing, but he's maybe not a social butterfly.
23:17
SPEAKER_01: He's just a good fighter and he had to earn it his own way.
23:20
SPEAKER_01: But regardless of whether he is now being recognized by the masses or whatever it is,
23:29
SPEAKER_01: The fact is, after this year,
23:31
SPEAKER_01: he's going to be viewed as one of the best fighters and he might just have a case
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SPEAKER_01: for the Hall of Fame by the time his career is over.
23:39
SPEAKER_01: And it shows you that no matter how a fighter is promoted, at the end of the day,
23:43
SPEAKER_01: the fighters fight the fights.
23:45
SPEAKER_01: Can you break down an Adam Azeem Dalton Smith fight? I'd love to.
23:49
SPEAKER_01: So for me...
23:51
SPEAKER_01: I'm going to be a contrarian on this.
23:54
SPEAKER_01: My gut feeling has always been when Adam Azeem is ready and keep in mind,
23:59
SPEAKER_01: I have an article coming to the good fight,
24:02
SPEAKER_01: the 25 best fighters under the age of 25.
24:06
SPEAKER_01: Azeem is one of them.
24:08
SPEAKER_01: When Azeem is ready to fight Dalton Smith, I think he's going to have his number.
24:12
SPEAKER_01: I think the perception about Azeem is he has some untraditional characteristics.
24:15
SPEAKER_01: He stands straight up and he pulls back.
24:18
SPEAKER_01: And when he was a younger fighter, he turned pro very young.
24:21
SPEAKER_01: He turned He had a lot of success,
24:24
SPEAKER_01: but it's always been these are the two best guys at or around their weight.
24:28
SPEAKER_01: And I think the perception by a lot of insiders and fans is Dalton Smith hits really hard.
24:35
SPEAKER_01: And when he lands on Azeem, He's going to knock him out.
24:39
SPEAKER_01: And I don't think that's the way it's going to play out.
24:42
SPEAKER_01: It seems like to me, Azeem feels like a superstar boxer.
24:46
SPEAKER_01: He feels like someone that could be very, very special.
24:49
SPEAKER_01: He's got hand speed, coordinations, flash.
24:52
SPEAKER_01: He's very, very talented.
24:55
SPEAKER_01: Whereas Dalton Smith, it's not quite jumping off the page for me.
24:59
SPEAKER_01: So my guess is when the fight is made,
25:02
SPEAKER_01: typically the more dynamic fighter wins it if all things are equal.
25:06
SPEAKER_01: And I think Azim, between his hand speed, his power,
25:11
SPEAKER_01: and probably getting to fight on his terms when he wants to fight,
25:16
SPEAKER_01: he would end up winning the fight.
25:18
SPEAKER_01: That's how I see it.
25:21
SPEAKER_01: Okay, do you know about this guy?
25:23
SPEAKER_02: Make sure I have my audio muted.
25:24
SPEAKER_02: This is my guy, Yuta Sakai.
25:31
SPEAKER_01: I put him in the... Yeah, this is my dude.
25:35
SPEAKER_01: This is...
25:37
SPEAKER_01: I took a lot of heat last year.
25:38
SPEAKER_01: I put Yuta Sakai probably saying it all wrong. He's...
25:43
SPEAKER_01: I had him as my number one prospect last year when I wrote Boxing Scenes,
25:48
SPEAKER_01: 26 prospects to watch in the year 2026.
25:53
SPEAKER_01: And he's as near perfect blue chip prospect in Japan as I've seen coming out.
26:00
SPEAKER_01: He's probably the best Japanese prospect.
26:03
SPEAKER_01: He's a southpaw at bantamweight.
26:05
SPEAKER_01: I mean, he's nearing title contention.
26:08
SPEAKER_01: The thing that's hurting him currently, in my opinion, he's got good distance, good.
26:13
SPEAKER_01: He's kind of an interesting fighter because the fluidity isn't something I see with him.
26:18
SPEAKER_01: It's more so he has straight punches and he looks for power, but he's being moved quick.
26:23
SPEAKER_01: And I think he's the best Japanese prospect out there currently.
26:28
SPEAKER_01: That's what I'd say.
26:29
SPEAKER_01: And what I also like about him is he throws these combination punches.
26:34
SPEAKER_01: Like he'll throw an overhand left, but he also punches to the body.
26:38
SPEAKER_01: But then he has a good straight jab.
26:40
SPEAKER_01: He's just really, for how young he is, for a 21-year-old fighter,
26:44
SPEAKER_01: he's really far ahead in his development.
26:47
SPEAKER_01: So thank you for sending that to me because I am a huge fan.
26:53
SPEAKER_01: And I'm going to write a note for myself.
26:56
SPEAKER_01: Watch more.
26:57
SPEAKER_01: Watch more YouTube.
26:59
SPEAKER_01: The main event will be a slugfest.
27:02
SPEAKER_01: The co-main event will be a styles contrast.
27:05
SPEAKER_01: Too bad we can't see it.
27:06
SPEAKER_01: Let me look at this.
27:08
SPEAKER_01: What are we talking about here?
27:10
SPEAKER_01: Oh, no. It is an obscure Japanese fight that I do not know very well.
27:19
SPEAKER_01: Can't comment. But I love it. I love it.
27:21
SPEAKER_01: You're keeping me on my game, guys.
27:24
SPEAKER_01: I'll have to use this guy.
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Thank you.
27:36
SPEAKER_01: I mean, I can't, I'm struggling on this one.
27:38
SPEAKER_01: So this film study one, we're going to just, we're going to have to look past it.
27:44
SPEAKER_01: Can you preview Masatora Okada versus Aika Sakata?
27:51
SPEAKER_01: Okay. So I am going to enter blindly,
27:55
SPEAKER_01: as I always do, against Masatoru Okoda.
28:01
SPEAKER_01: He's in a fight with Katsuki Miura.
28:04
SPEAKER_01: He's got some cool hairdo. Let's look at his style.
28:07
SPEAKER_01: This is a minimum weight bout.
28:09
SPEAKER_01: So that means it's 105, I believe.
28:12
SPEAKER_02: Okay.
28:13
SPEAKER_01: So what's my guy Okada doing?
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SPEAKER_01: Southpaw.
28:17
SPEAKER_01: So Mori is just a bouncer.
28:19
SPEAKER_01: He bounces a lot.
28:20
SPEAKER_01: He's loading up on a right hand.
28:22
SPEAKER_01: He's bouncing and bouncing.
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SPEAKER_01: With Okada, this kind of sounds funny to say it, minimum weight, but he's a puncher.
28:32
SPEAKER_01: He's very sturdy.
28:33
SPEAKER_01: So you got Mora who's a bouncer and Okada takes the center, built like a tree,
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SPEAKER_01: plants his feet in the ground.
28:43
SPEAKER_01: Pretty wide stance though, that's the one thing I'll say.
28:46
SPEAKER_01: If guys turn him. He'll probably be.
28:48
SPEAKER_01: And he also the one thing I don't like about Okada
28:51
SPEAKER_01: that I just saw right there is he's obviously a puncher.
28:54
SPEAKER_01: He obviously stands in his ground and he stands in front of his opponent,
28:58
SPEAKER_01: but he has these habits of dropping his hands.
29:01
SPEAKER_01: He has these habits of pulling back.
29:02
SPEAKER_01: He just fights like a big, powerful guy. That's what he does.
29:07
SPEAKER_01: Let me look at this record.
29:08
SPEAKER_01: Because some people have been like, dude, look at the records.
29:11
SPEAKER_01: Because sometimes your assessment just sounds so novice without looking at the record.
29:16
SPEAKER_01: So he is essentially like a journeyman in terms of records.
29:21
SPEAKER_01: But probably in this weight class.
29:23
SPEAKER_01: So he fought to a draw in that fight.
29:24
SPEAKER_01: And now he's taking on a 5-1 guy.
29:26
SPEAKER_01: He's 10, 6, and 2.
29:28
SPEAKER_01: But once again, this is a real weight class where guys really fight.
29:31
SPEAKER_01: And then looking deeper to his record, draws, majority decisions, split decisions.
29:36
SPEAKER_01: So, I mean, this is a real guy.
29:37
SPEAKER_01: This is a tough guy.
29:38
SPEAKER_01: He looks like he's physical.
29:39
SPEAKER_01: It looks like he can punch.
29:41
SPEAKER_01: He's a real guy.
29:42
SPEAKER_01: So then let's look at Issa Satori.
29:47
SPEAKER_00: Said it perfectly.
29:49
SPEAKER_00: And...
29:51
SPEAKER_00: This is...
29:56
SPEAKER_00: So we're waiting for the video to load.
30:01
SPEAKER_01: Saktori is in the blue trunks.
30:03
SPEAKER_01: Thank you for giving me that.
30:04
SPEAKER_01: And then we're going to fighters.
30:05
SPEAKER_01: I actually know that fight that we're getting next.
30:09
SPEAKER_01: I'm excited because I actually have a ton of insight on.
30:12
SPEAKER_01: Sometimes when we go to these Japanese fights, it's like, do I even know boxing?
30:16
SPEAKER_01: Because it's like, I don't necessarily know boxing.
30:20
SPEAKER_01: What I'm watching.
30:21
SPEAKER_01: But that's kind of good, right?
30:23
SPEAKER_01: Because then if you're listening to this podcast and you enjoy
30:26
SPEAKER_01: the film study segment of what I'm doing and I'm waiting on these ads,
30:30
SPEAKER_01: which are very, very long.
30:32
SPEAKER_01: The fun thing I think about it is like you can assess if I know boxing, right?
30:39
SPEAKER_01: Because there's a lot of guys that I think I wouldn't say it's cowardice,
30:42
SPEAKER_01: but they'd be like, oh, I just don't know the fighters. So I don't want to comment.
30:44
SPEAKER_01: And a lot of that is I don't want to speak on a fighter if I don't know
30:48
SPEAKER_01: the actual narratives around the fighter and I can't kind of lean on something
30:52
SPEAKER_01: as a crutch. I'm going in cold turkey.
30:54
SPEAKER_01: I don't know what I'm watching sometimes and I'm just trying to make assessments
30:58
SPEAKER_01: of fights and I think that's pretty cool.
31:01
SPEAKER_01: So this guy's fighting.
31:04
SPEAKER_01: Sakata is fighting in like a high school rec room.
31:08
SPEAKER_01: This looks like a high school thing.
31:11
SPEAKER_01: He's a pretty good fighter, bro.
31:13
SPEAKER_01: He goes up and down.
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SPEAKER_01: Probing jab.
31:17
SPEAKER_01: I mean, he's a pretty good fighter.
31:18
SPEAKER_01: I mean, this is a great style matchup
31:21
SPEAKER_01: because Akata is a sturdy dude who's willing to punch.
31:27
SPEAKER_01: Sakata is just a brawler.
31:28
SPEAKER_01: He's looking to exchange.
31:30
SPEAKER_01: His head doesn't leave the line.
31:32
SPEAKER_01: He smothers when he thinks he has you hurt.
31:34
SPEAKER_01: He's going to come forward.
31:35
SPEAKER_01: This is kind of a fight of the year type matchup.
31:39
SPEAKER_01: I'm curious because to me, my gut feeling on watching the tape is Sakata gets wild
31:44
SPEAKER_01: and uncontrollable and makes for 50-50 exchanges.
31:49
SPEAKER_01: I'm not saying Okada would win,
31:51
SPEAKER_01: but Okada's ability to sit there and play on his feet in his obvious heavy hands
31:57
SPEAKER_01: for the division makes it a fascinating fight for me to wonder what
32:01
SPEAKER_01: the results are going to be because he has a style matchup that could really,
32:05
SPEAKER_01: really make it for a tough fight.
32:07
SPEAKER_01: Now here's a fight I'm really excited So Axel Melendez is a fighter I've watched
32:12
SPEAKER_01: for a long, long time
32:18
SPEAKER_01: And I was really impressed
32:24
SPEAKER_01: when Emiliano Moreno won that fight.
32:27
SPEAKER_01: That fight was, I remember being on coverage for that fight.
32:32
SPEAKER_01: I believe that was right after ProBoxTV picked up boxing scene.
32:36
SPEAKER_01: I believe that was the same week.
32:39
SPEAKER_01: And I might have been, it was like Oshaki Foster fought Abraham Nova, ProBoxTV ran a fight.
32:45
SPEAKER_01: And there was like one other card.
32:46
SPEAKER_01: It was like bang, bang, bang.
32:47
SPEAKER_01: That fight happened.
32:49
SPEAKER_01: And then there was also like all these fight cards that weekend.
32:55
SPEAKER_01: Melendez really impressed me by beating Demontez Juicy Duncan.
33:02
SPEAKER_01: Demontez Juicy Duncan, I still think, is one of the better prospects in boxing.
33:06
SPEAKER_01: He's building his record in Louisville, Kentucky.
33:12
SPEAKER_01: But I think that in terms of an amateur that I saw, he was a really, really talented fighter.
33:17
SPEAKER_01: And that was kind of almost like his audition to go to the next level.
33:20
SPEAKER_01: And I believe Melendez was working as a gas station attendant at that fight.
33:24
SPEAKER_01: And I just remember he was a very,
33:27
SPEAKER_01: very good physical fighter who was tough and talented.
33:32
SPEAKER_01: And I even told Dakota at the time, you should interview this guy.
33:38
SPEAKER_01: And I think Dakota did for the Slip and Weave podcast, probably Axel Melendez's only interview.
33:44
SPEAKER_01: And it was a really, really good interview.
33:47
SPEAKER_01: And then Elijah Flores, he has that win over...
33:52
SPEAKER_01: Omar Rosario and he kind of took the fight prematurely like he took
33:56
SPEAKER_01: the fight too soon in his career
33:58
SPEAKER_01: and then but he won it and it was like there was
34:03
SPEAKER_01: a lot of hype I believe he had been sparring guys
34:07
SPEAKER_01: and he had kind of word
34:11
SPEAKER_01: of mouth gym guy this guy's really good he's a young hitter etc and And then he gets
34:16
SPEAKER_01: in there with this guy from Philly, Tanaje Teasley,
34:21
SPEAKER_01: and Teasley just outboxed him.
34:24
SPEAKER_01: He showed that there was a level that Flores needed to work on.
34:28
SPEAKER_01: Flores is a very good fighter if you're willing to stand in front of him.
34:33
SPEAKER_01: He's diverse with his punches
34:35
SPEAKER_01: and what makes this fight interesting is Flores has proven he's a good slugger,
34:40
SPEAKER_01: he's got to prove that he's going to be good when there's a methodical operator
34:44
SPEAKER_01: in front for him. Axel Melendez is a physically tough,
34:48
SPEAKER_01: high volume pressure fighter who is a high risk, low reward opponent.
34:53
SPEAKER_01: This is a put up or shut up fight.
34:55
SPEAKER_01: And I think it's closer to 50-50.
34:58
SPEAKER_01: I think Flores is moving very quickly.
34:59
SPEAKER_01: I think Axel Melendez.
35:01
SPEAKER_01: This is a real guy who just, you know, is having to take real fights on his own.
35:06
SPEAKER_01: Next fight, can you preview Ruben Eduardo Aguilar versus Guido Scrum?
35:12
SPEAKER_01: Well, Guido Scrum, I will always remember because one of the last showbox cards
35:17
SPEAKER_01: that ever aired was in my area.
35:20
SPEAKER_01: It was almost, we're approaching four years ago now.
35:24
SPEAKER_01: Jeez Louise, that doesn't feel right, but it was right.
35:27
SPEAKER_01: It had to have been.
35:29
SPEAKER_01: Because I was at ProBox TV News at the time, so that would have been 2023.
35:33
SPEAKER_01: And it was the week of the Masters, which would have been April.
35:38
SPEAKER_01: So I know those two things to be true.
35:41
SPEAKER_01: And this April would mean that's four years ago, which is like, oh my God, that's crazy.
35:47
SPEAKER_01: So...
35:49
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, that's crazy.
35:51
SPEAKER_01: Guido Scrum was the co-feature for that fight.
35:54
SPEAKER_01: He fought Jai Hee Brown.
35:57
SPEAKER_01: And the thing about Scrum in that fight was he reminded me a bit of Marcos Maidana
36:03
SPEAKER_01: as a pressure fighter, a come forward fighter.
36:06
SPEAKER_01: I believe he's also from Argentina.
36:08
SPEAKER_01: So it might have been just the lazy comparison to a certain degree.
36:11
SPEAKER_01: Let me look.
36:12
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, he's also from Argentina.
36:15
SPEAKER_01: The issue he's run into is like when he fought Vladimir Hernandez and got knocked out.
36:21
SPEAKER_01: And when he's fought Jesus Ramos Jr. is he's built his way up.
36:28
SPEAKER_01: And he also fought a Xander sparring partner, Nikolai, the, the experiment.
36:33
SPEAKER_01: And he beat him on a triller undercard.
36:35
SPEAKER_01: I want to say in 2021, which was kind of like a, what the hell?
36:39
SPEAKER_01: Um, He got to a certain level by being physical and powerful.
36:45
SPEAKER_01: And then when he got to the next level, his power just wasn't quite good enough.
36:50
SPEAKER_01: And there were guys that were a little bit faster, a little bit trickier,
36:54
SPEAKER_01: and he hasn't been able to evolve just quite yet.
36:57
SPEAKER_01: Now, Ruben Eduardo Aguilar, I think...
37:02
SPEAKER_01: I'm pretty sure I remember him.
37:03
SPEAKER_01: I think he's a pretty tall fighter for the division who's a combination puncher.
37:08
SPEAKER_01: If I'm thinking of the right guy.
37:10
SPEAKER_01: Because I've seen pretty much every Pro Box TV fight.
37:15
SPEAKER_01: Like, I mean, I watched a lot of Pro Box TV fights.
37:19
SPEAKER_01: Let's see what...
37:22
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I know because he had the fight with Treshawn Wiggins.
37:26
SPEAKER_01: I know the guy we're talking about and I think this is a fight that I remember.
37:32
SPEAKER_01: I think this stuff, he fought Luis Lopez and let's see.
37:40
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I remember.
37:41
SPEAKER_01: This is exactly what I was thinking of.
37:42
SPEAKER_01: He's a southpaw.
37:44
SPEAKER_01: He's there to be hit.
37:45
SPEAKER_01: He's a big combination puncher.
37:48
SPEAKER_01: Kind of reminds me of like, no, he's not a southpaw.
37:53
SPEAKER_01: He's an orthodox fighter.
37:54
SPEAKER_01: But he reminds Reminds me of a less powerful, less physical Jaime Munguia.
38:00
SPEAKER_01: He's there to be hit. He's a combination.
38:02
SPEAKER_01: He punches hard, and he's just going to kind of impose his will.
38:07
SPEAKER_01: Luis Lopez, I believe, is the Thompson boxing fighter, if I'm not mistaken.
38:13
SPEAKER_01: Let me see.
38:14
SPEAKER_00: Is this the same Luis Lopez?
38:20
SPEAKER_00: Let me check that out because I remember.
38:25
SPEAKER_00: Facts Matter.
38:30
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, that's the Thompson Boxing guy.
38:33
SPEAKER_01: He was on the Thompson Boxing cards for years.
38:39
SPEAKER_01: I mean, once Thompson Boxing was over, he couldn't really find a direction,
38:43
SPEAKER_01: has a couple of draws with Jesus Sirach, and then lost that.
38:48
SPEAKER_01: And actually, respect to him,
38:49
SPEAKER_01: he's coming back in a couple of weeks at the Pechanga Resort and Casino.
38:55
SPEAKER_01: I've been to that venue a few times.
38:57
SPEAKER_01: That's, you know...
38:59
SPEAKER_01: So he'll be there.
39:01
SPEAKER_01: And yeah, I mean,
39:03
SPEAKER_01: I think that this is the type of guy that typically,
39:10
SPEAKER_01: and by guy I mean Aguilar, is typically the kind of guy that troubles Guido Scrum.
39:16
SPEAKER_01: But he's pretty vulnerable.
39:18
SPEAKER_01: So I think it matches up as a good TV fight.
39:23
SPEAKER_01: Can you preview to Sendabar Erdenbat versus Mohamed Yakubov?
39:33
SPEAKER_01: Are we not high on the guys in the gym with Coach Wally or Goosen's gym,
39:38
SPEAKER_01: the Ukrainian heavyweight, Zendi and Vlad Panin?
39:42
SPEAKER_01: I mean, I don't have a strong opinion on that gym.
39:45
SPEAKER_01: I've seen...
39:48
SPEAKER_01: Dean Yakubov, I actually saw him in with Christian Cruz last year.
39:52
SPEAKER_01: He's a good boxer and he's got good pedigree.
39:56
SPEAKER_01: And when he fought, correct me if I'm not wrong,
39:59
SPEAKER_01: I believe he fought Oshaki Foster about four or five years ago.
40:05
SPEAKER_01: And he put up a better fight than I expected.
40:08
SPEAKER_01: You know, he was... He was a much better fighter.
40:14
SPEAKER_01: I expected it naively.
40:18
SPEAKER_01: I was like, oh yeah, Shock will beat him in X amount of rounds or whatever,
40:23
SPEAKER_01: and I believe it went to a unanimous decision,
40:26
SPEAKER_01: and I believe it was streamed on a website, so...
40:30
SPEAKER_01: I was like, wow, that's kind of something.
40:32
SPEAKER_01: But, you know, you look at his recent performances, Yakubov's kind of hitting a certain level.
40:37
SPEAKER_01: William Foster, majority decision, close fight.
40:40
SPEAKER_01: Christian Cruz, draw.
40:43
SPEAKER_01: Everyone in Fresno, albeit a pretty strong Mexican fan base,
40:47
SPEAKER_01: thought that Cruz probably outworked him.
40:50
SPEAKER_01: Thing with Erdenbad is tons of skill, tons of potential.
40:56
SPEAKER_01: Is he at the right weight class?
40:57
SPEAKER_01: He kind of looks at 5'5", Southpaw.
41:00
SPEAKER_01: He doesn't really fully feel like 130 is his best division.
41:05
SPEAKER_01: I was there live last summer when he fought Humberto Galindo.
41:09
SPEAKER_01: You know, Galindo's a really, really good puncher.
41:12
SPEAKER_01: I believe he dropped Raymond Muratala in the first round.
41:17
SPEAKER_01: He gives guys fits. He's a hard hitter.
41:20
SPEAKER_01: But I did kind of expect to see, because there is some hype around him,
41:24
SPEAKER_01: I was expecting to see him go to the next level.
41:26
SPEAKER_01: Abraham Montoya, that was kind of a rugged fight.
41:30
SPEAKER_01: And then he really went to the next level in a fight in Maryland
41:33
SPEAKER_01: against Cobia Breedy and won that one pretty thoroughly.
41:36
SPEAKER_01: So...
41:38
SPEAKER_01: When you look at these type of fights, you typically would favor Erdenbat.
41:44
SPEAKER_01: But I also am someone that looks, okay,
41:48
SPEAKER_01: they're both 5'5", but Ukubov feels much bigger than
41:55
SPEAKER_01: So if I were to look at it, I would say Yukabov, as weird as this sounds,
41:59
SPEAKER_01: comes in probably with a bit more of a point to prove in his career on the line.
42:04
SPEAKER_01: Whereas Erdenbat, I don't get a sense of urgency in his fights.
42:08
SPEAKER_01: He has a lot of hype from the sparring and so forth and so on.
42:11
SPEAKER_01: But every year so far has been the same year after the same year.
42:15
SPEAKER_01: So he needs to look really good in this fight.
42:17
SPEAKER_01: So I think it's a fascinating fight.
42:19
SPEAKER_01: It's a pretty even fight.
42:20
SPEAKER_01: It's hard to call.
42:23
SPEAKER_01: The thing about Erdenbad is if he gets on the other thing stylistically
42:27
SPEAKER_01: about this fight is if Erdenbad gets on the inside with you,
42:32
SPEAKER_01: it's going to be a wrap.
42:33
SPEAKER_01: If Yukabov can keep him on the outside, it's going to be tough for Erdenbad.
42:38
SPEAKER_01: We'll say if Christian Cruz was willing to put on relentless pressure,
42:43
SPEAKER_01: Erdenbat should be able to do that.
42:45
SPEAKER_01: But then the other question is,
42:46
SPEAKER_01: will Erdenbat be willing to take the chances that Christian Cruz did?
42:50
SPEAKER_01: What do you think of Kevin Bossier?
42:55
SPEAKER_01: Bossier versus the older brother of Wilkins Matou, Lexon, in 2018.
43:01
SPEAKER_00: Let's check him out.
43:07
SPEAKER_00: Kivan.
43:10
SPEAKER_00: Seems like an eye of the tiger.
43:13
SPEAKER_00: Dude.
43:16
SPEAKER_00: Okay, I'm watching him.
43:17
SPEAKER_00: I believe he's in red.
43:25
SPEAKER_00: Let me Google him
43:32
SPEAKER_00: to make sure I'm looking at the right guy.
43:35
SPEAKER_00: Okay, he's in blue.
43:38
SPEAKER_01: Let's see.
43:41
SPEAKER_01: Switches stances.
43:42
SPEAKER_01: I mean, what I'm first seeing with these two guys is they're both like.
43:46
SPEAKER_01: They're fighting, but they're trying to be as far away from each other as possible.
43:51
SPEAKER_01: Right.
43:51
SPEAKER_01: So like they're Lex on Matthew is like trying as hard as to switch stances.
43:58
SPEAKER_01: Probably a big Terrence Crawford fan.
44:00
SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
44:02
SPEAKER_01: Kevin is really counterpunching.
44:05
SPEAKER_01: Neither is initiating.
44:07
SPEAKER_01: Basically, this fight is a battle of two counterpunchers.
44:09
SPEAKER_01: We'll see if anything changes later in the fight, but this feels like a lot of waiting.
44:16
SPEAKER_01: That's my initial thing.
44:18
SPEAKER_01: It's just two guys who are extremely patient.
44:21
SPEAKER_01: It almost feels like a pro fight in the worst way where it's like they're waiting.
44:25
SPEAKER_01: They're starting really slow, but this is a three-round amateur fight.
44:29
SPEAKER_01: And there's just like, I can count it.
44:31
SPEAKER_01: One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10, 11, 12.
44:37
SPEAKER_01: They just punched.
44:38
SPEAKER_01: That was 12 seconds where they're just waiting.
44:41
SPEAKER_01: So my first from that, I don't even think about the skill level.
44:45
SPEAKER_01: It's just the patience, which is both good and bad.
44:49
SPEAKER_01: Okay, let's check this out.
44:52
SPEAKER_02: Full fight.
44:55
SPEAKER_01: Here it is. Tail of the tape. Punching Grace.
44:58
SPEAKER_01: We love a little Punching Grace.
45:00
SPEAKER_01: And he's in with someone that's just in this fight.
45:03
SPEAKER_01: It can't match him physically.
45:05
SPEAKER_01: So you're not going to necessarily see the same traits, but even still,
45:09
SPEAKER_01: his temperament is going to He kind of leans in with his head.
45:14
SPEAKER_01: He's going to be a guy who gets head clashes because when he jabs,
45:18
SPEAKER_01: he kind of throws that right hand tense and his head starts to go into his opponent.
45:24
SPEAKER_01: Also stands really tall, a little arrogant, which isn't bad for a fighter,
45:29
SPEAKER_01: but a little arrogant walking forward wouldn't be shocked
45:31
SPEAKER_01: if he had some adversities he had to battle back from at some point in his career
45:37
SPEAKER_01: from You know, just I don't want to say lazy,
45:40
SPEAKER_01: but there's like a lackluster enthusiasm as he stalks his opponent.
45:46
SPEAKER_01: I'd say that the thing with him is there's just a lot of patience and the pace is very slow.
45:53
SPEAKER_01: It's for a young fighter.
45:55
SPEAKER_01: It's a little surprising how slow it is.
45:59
SPEAKER_01: Nick Nickinson Dennis.
46:02
SPEAKER_01: What do you think of him?
46:04
SPEAKER_01: Twenty twenty five.
46:07
SPEAKER_00: Amateur, okay, let's check out my guy, Nickinson, Dennis.
46:13
SPEAKER_00: Okay.
46:15
SPEAKER_00: He's taking on Ben Is.
46:19
SPEAKER_01: He's got rocking the baldy, love the baldy.
46:23
SPEAKER_01: Okay, what do we got here?
46:24
SPEAKER_01: So, I mean, the German fighter he's facing is doing the Christian and Billy Swarm,
46:29
SPEAKER_01: kind of the Agat Cabell, Joe Frazier.
46:32
SPEAKER_01: He's just pushing, putting pressure on him.
46:35
SPEAKER_01: A lot of, a lot of jab, stiff arm.
46:42
SPEAKER_01: I mean, it's, I'm kind of seeing deja vu with Dennis.
46:46
SPEAKER_01: Am I just watching the same stuff?
46:47
SPEAKER_01: But it's like, he's a good counter puncher.
46:50
SPEAKER_01: He's able to throw uppercuts.
46:53
SPEAKER_01: It catches his opponent coming in,
46:55
SPEAKER_01: but the difference in this fight that I'm seeing so far is he throws one punch
46:58
SPEAKER_01: at a time and he is flurrying, you know?
47:04
SPEAKER_01: And maybe that's better in a pro style, but to me, Dennis is fighting like a...
47:10
SPEAKER_01: A veteran almost sparring.
47:12
SPEAKER_01: And then he's willingly putting himself on the ropes, trying to catch shots,
47:16
SPEAKER_01: sitting on the ropes.
47:17
SPEAKER_01: I was always told sitting on the ropes and no, no,
47:19
SPEAKER_01: that that's something counter punchers can tend to do as they put themselves
47:23
SPEAKER_01: on the ropes.
47:24
SPEAKER_01: I'm not loving what I'm seeing.
47:26
SPEAKER_01: Um,
47:29
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I mean, it just, to me, he's,
47:31
SPEAKER_01: I don't love the idea of just putting yourself on the ropes.
47:36
SPEAKER_01: So, not the strongest first impression.
47:40
SPEAKER_01: Let's check out what he does later in the fight.
47:46
SPEAKER_01: He's got good combinations.
47:48
SPEAKER_01: He kind of slaps with his shots.
47:49
SPEAKER_01: He has a good right hand.
47:53
SPEAKER_01: Throw it maybe a little better, but there's something there, and I think he's a good puncher.
47:58
SPEAKER_01: It's just he's fighting more like a professional than he is an amateur,
48:02
SPEAKER_01: and that's a little frustrating.
48:06
SPEAKER_01: Let's check out more of the tape.
48:10
SPEAKER_01: Check out his pro debut.
48:14
SPEAKER_01: Okay, so he's in a pro debut and he's fighting just a guy.
48:17
SPEAKER_01: Once again, everyone's pro debut.
48:19
SPEAKER_01: Just an undersized guy.
48:22
SPEAKER_01: Throwing the same combinations.
48:23
SPEAKER_01: Right hand, left hook.
48:25
SPEAKER_01: Guy can't take the punch.
48:27
SPEAKER_01: I mean...
48:29
SPEAKER_01: There's something there, but he's not like a guy who's going to fight
48:32
SPEAKER_01: for a world title in 12 fights.
48:34
SPEAKER_01: If he tries to fight for a world title in 12 fights, he's going to be in a lot of trouble.
48:39
SPEAKER_01: Can you preview Anthony Alagoska versus Yerbjin Martinez?
48:44
SPEAKER_01: Love to.
48:45
SPEAKER_01: Yerbjin Martinez, I believe, was a great amateur boxer.
48:50
SPEAKER_01: Let me look this up.
48:51
SPEAKER_01: I believe he might have won an Olympic gold medal or he was at least in the Olympics.
48:58
SPEAKER_01: Won a silver medal in the 2016 Olympics.
49:00
SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
49:02
SPEAKER_01: And I think he was like a multi-time Olympian.
49:05
SPEAKER_01: I don't remember the name.
49:08
SPEAKER_01: So he's taking on Angel Bettencourt in this fight.
49:11
SPEAKER_01: Let's see.
49:14
SPEAKER_01: I mean, Martinez is a really good fighter.
49:17
SPEAKER_01: He's really, really good.
49:19
SPEAKER_01: The big thing I'm seeing with him is counterpunching.
49:22
SPEAKER_01: He's going to counterpunch
49:26
SPEAKER_01: He looks a little undersized.
49:28
SPEAKER_01: He almost has like a rigging DL look to him, not in how he fights,
49:33
SPEAKER_01: but it's like to me where he's dangerous, he likes to have you jab, have you miss,
49:40
SPEAKER_01: get inside the And then he's trying to go three,
49:43
SPEAKER_01: four punches and combination punch in the mid range.
49:47
SPEAKER_01: He'll throw lead left hooks.
49:49
SPEAKER_01: He really thrives in chaos.
49:52
SPEAKER_01: And then he's using his reflexes to cut the distance.
49:55
SPEAKER_01: And it's kind of a rinse and repeat.
49:56
SPEAKER_01: So his defense, go forward, offense.
50:00
SPEAKER_01: I could see him having a lot of problems with guys that match his athleticism.
50:04
SPEAKER_01: Let's check out later in the fight what this looks like.
50:10
SPEAKER_01: Round six, punches are starting to slow down.
50:12
SPEAKER_01: Technique's starting to get a little bit more sloppy.
50:15
SPEAKER_01: So when you start to take him into deeper waters, yes,
50:18
SPEAKER_01: he's going to be a pressure fighter, but the pace is going to slow.
50:21
SPEAKER_01: He's not going to be as explosive.
50:23
SPEAKER_01: The combination punching isn't going to be as fast.
50:25
SPEAKER_01: He'll still do what he does, but there's going to be a slower, slower pace.
50:30
SPEAKER_01: So he's a first-half fighter.
50:31
SPEAKER_01: He's got his combinations.
50:32
SPEAKER_01: He punches to the body well.
50:34
SPEAKER_01: He's got sneaky punches.
50:35
SPEAKER_01: He's a really good fighter, but he is a little wild.
50:39
SPEAKER_01: A little bit wild.
50:41
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, he sensed that he had him hurt.
50:43
SPEAKER_01: He punches with him.
50:45
SPEAKER_01: I mean, he kind of feels like a guy that's going to get knocked out by Anthony Alaskaga.
50:52
SPEAKER_01: Alaskaga is one of the most technically proficient, beautiful,
50:58
SPEAKER_01: He's also inside punchers and power punchers at the lower weights.
51:02
SPEAKER_01: He's a dynamic combination puncher.
51:04
SPEAKER_01: And I just feel like being a reflex fighter against Alice Gaga is going to be very,
51:10
SPEAKER_01: very hard because he's constantly working.
51:14
SPEAKER_01: He throws a lot of punches.
51:15
SPEAKER_01: He has a high IQ and he throws different types of punches.
51:21
SPEAKER_01: And that different variety is going to be a lot like I'm watching him against Riku Kano.
51:28
SPEAKER_01: And he's just absolutely just the diverse punches, uppercuts, hooks,
51:33
SPEAKER_01: and he's staying to the inside.
51:35
SPEAKER_01: So I think that's going to be another thing, too,
51:36
SPEAKER_01: is Martinez kind of likes guys that want to fight at distance.
51:40
SPEAKER_01: And then he slips and comes in.
51:42
SPEAKER_01: Alice Gaga is going to meet him where he's at.
51:44
SPEAKER_01: And though that's going to be good for Martinez in theory.
51:48
SPEAKER_01: He's got a fight going backwards at points in this fight.
51:51
SPEAKER_01: And Alice Gaga can go backwards, forwards.
51:54
SPEAKER_01: I just think he's a more complete fighter.
51:55
SPEAKER_01: It's also Alice Gaga's first fight with Matchroom.
51:58
SPEAKER_01: This is probably going to be a brutal knockout, if we're going to be honest.
52:02
SPEAKER_01: This is probably going to be a sensational performance for Alice Gaga,
52:06
SPEAKER_01: who Alice Gaga might be entering into the pound-for-pound discussion.
52:10
SPEAKER_01: Is that a hot take?
52:12
SPEAKER_01: Maybe that's a hot take.
52:13
SPEAKER_01: Can we preview Paolo Acuso versus Mobin Kazarian?
52:20
SPEAKER_01: Okay, let's check out Mobin.
52:22
SPEAKER_01: Mobin.
52:24
SPEAKER_01: Man, a lot of film study this week.
52:27
SPEAKER_01: Gotta get our film study in.
52:29
SPEAKER_01: So Mobin's in the red.
52:32
SPEAKER_01: Watching 2021.
52:36
SPEAKER_01: Looks like an amateur tournament.
52:37
SPEAKER_01: I mean, okay, I've seen enough.
52:39
SPEAKER_01: He throws a straight jab, straight right hand, comes forward, his head doesn't move.
52:45
SPEAKER_01: And he'll punch on the inside and his head doesn't move.
52:48
SPEAKER_01: He doesn't get off the line.
52:49
SPEAKER_01: This is someone in Mobin that at the high level, this style just does not work.
52:56
SPEAKER_01: He's there to be hit too cleanly.
53:01
SPEAKER_01: It's just not going to work.
53:03
SPEAKER_01: So there's no even need to go beyond it.
53:06
SPEAKER_01: There's no need to say anything more than that.
53:08
SPEAKER_01: It's just it doesn't work.
53:10
SPEAKER_01: So Paolo Acuzo,
53:14
SPEAKER_01: I remember from this Olympic Games, was compared to Roy Jones Jr.
53:18
SPEAKER_01: That was a gimmick.
53:19
SPEAKER_01: He's got flashy styles, a lot of reflexes.
53:23
SPEAKER_01: Obviously, they gave me the one-punch knockout, which was sensational earlier this year.
53:27
SPEAKER_01: He has a lot of flash.
53:28
SPEAKER_01: To me, This is a knockout waiting to happen because Acuso is not just dynamic
53:35
SPEAKER_01: and a counter puncher.
53:36
SPEAKER_01: He has a guy in there that can't move his head very well and that's going to be trouble.
53:40
SPEAKER_01: Can you preview Callum Peters versus Juan Diego Ortiz?
53:44
SPEAKER_01: Let's check out Juan Diego.
53:47
SPEAKER_00: See if I've ever seen Juan Diego.
53:51
SPEAKER_00: Juan Diego Ortiz.
53:56
SPEAKER_00: Juan's in blue.
54:02
SPEAKER_01: Juan Diego Ortiz, to me, has some wiggle to him.
54:09
SPEAKER_01: And what I mean by that is he has a style where it doesn't look like he's
54:13
SPEAKER_01: the most quote-unquote fit, no knock on him, but it's like he can really box.
54:18
SPEAKER_01: He reminds me of guys that fought for a long time, might be out of the gym,
54:22
SPEAKER_01: but they come back and people are like, you didn't miss a step.
54:26
SPEAKER_01: His fluidity, his movement, and his ability to turn punches are pretty good.
54:30
SPEAKER_01: He throws some get-off-of-me punches every now and then.
54:33
SPEAKER_01: It looks like he throws them out of necessity.
54:36
SPEAKER_01: But he's pretty darn fluid in his combination punching.
54:40
SPEAKER_01: And, I mean, he's a pretty good fighter.
54:45
SPEAKER_01: Looks like he's got power, too.
54:47
SPEAKER_01: That's the impressive thing.
54:49
SPEAKER_01: He's a good counterpuncher.
54:51
SPEAKER_01: He's able to punch with you.
54:55
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I'm actually impressed.
54:57
SPEAKER_01: I didn't think this would be as good of a matchup, to be honest with you.
55:02
SPEAKER_01: So let's see.
55:03
SPEAKER_01: Callum Peters, on the other hand,
55:05
SPEAKER_01: I think is a downhill runner where he I believe he was an Olympian.
55:12
SPEAKER_01: And he's just, you know, he's, he is what he is, right?
55:16
SPEAKER_01: He punches, he comes forward, he's not going to really jab with you.
55:20
SPEAKER_01: He's just coming in high guard, going to step back, go to the body, and it's just an onslaught.
55:26
SPEAKER_01: I mean, I think this is a really good test because I think that all of us, right,
55:30
SPEAKER_01: with Peters, he has the pedigree, he has the talent,
55:33
SPEAKER_01: he has the promotion behind him,
55:34
SPEAKER_01: but you still are just a little uncertain because he has a raw
55:38
SPEAKER_01: and reckless style that's a little arrogant.
55:41
SPEAKER_01: And it's like, this might be the guy that answers some of those questions
55:45
SPEAKER_01: because it looks like the guy he's fighting is going to have some movement
55:48
SPEAKER_01: and be able to trouble him.
55:50
SPEAKER_01: So I'm actually excited about that fight.
55:52
SPEAKER_01: Can you preview Lucas Rorig versus Connell McDonald? McDonald.
55:59
SPEAKER_01: I kind of like Connell McDonald better, but
56:03
SPEAKER_00: not his name.
56:04
SPEAKER_00: Okay, Connell McDonald.
56:06
SPEAKER_00: Amateur bout.
56:09
SPEAKER_00: OK, let's see.
56:18
SPEAKER_01: This is a battle. This is an amateur fight between two kind of stiff, unfluid guys.
56:25
SPEAKER_01: I'm not blown away by McDonald.
56:26
SPEAKER_02: McDonald is very, very slow.
56:33
SPEAKER_02: Final round.
56:35
SPEAKER_01: I mean, this is, he's just,
56:37
SPEAKER_01: he's a straightforward fighter who just throws jabs and crosses.
56:42
SPEAKER_01: He's looking tired in the third round.
56:44
SPEAKER_01: Yes, it's an amateur fight, but I don't love it.
56:47
SPEAKER_01: Let's look at, I've heard Lucas Rorig is really good.
56:53
SPEAKER_01: He's also got the best first name in the game.
56:56
SPEAKER_01: That's also pretty cool.
56:59
SPEAKER_00: Let's see what we got here.
57:05
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I mean, this is just night and day.
57:06
SPEAKER_01: These are just two different types of fighters.
57:09
SPEAKER_01: Like the fluidity.
57:11
SPEAKER_01: First off, just the size and the conditioning of Lucas Roe rig is different than McDonald.
57:18
SPEAKER_01: Second off, like you already see when he comes out, he's throwing feints.
57:22
SPEAKER_01: He's establishing his distance.
57:24
SPEAKER_01: He's looking, he's waiting, he's patient.
57:26
SPEAKER_01: He's touching to the body.
57:28
SPEAKER_01: I mean, this is just two different levels of fighter.
57:31
SPEAKER_01: This should be a showcase fight.
57:33
SPEAKER_01: Rorick's just a much better fighter. He's got faster.
57:37
SPEAKER_01: I mean, there's no advantages McDonald has, quite simply.
57:42
SPEAKER_01: Can you preview Kenshi Agawa versus Jwo Lee?
57:50
SPEAKER_00: Okay, let's do it.
57:53
SPEAKER_00: Here it is.
57:56
SPEAKER_00: Love these ones.
58:00
SPEAKER_00: So J. Wo Lee.
58:11
SPEAKER_00: See if they gave me any tips on who is who.
58:24
SPEAKER_00: So J. Wo Lee.
58:28
SPEAKER_01: I mean, he's pretty raw.
58:30
SPEAKER_01: He's just looking to land big punches and he's going to punch with you, but he's very slow.
58:35
SPEAKER_01: And it's just come forward and fight.
58:38
SPEAKER_01: That's what it is with him.
58:39
SPEAKER_01: Come forward and fight.
58:42
SPEAKER_01: Let's see.
58:43
SPEAKER_01: Keneshi Agawa.
58:45
SPEAKER_01: Let's check out what he's got.
58:49
SPEAKER_01: The zone fight from five years ago.
58:52
SPEAKER_01: Pretty sure I watched this one live.
58:56
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I think I did.
58:57
SPEAKER_01: I think I did five years ago.
58:59
SPEAKER_01: I think this was like a pretty big deal for me to watch this live.
59:02
SPEAKER_01: I'm like, I'm watching all the fights now.
59:05
SPEAKER_01: I'm Mr. Boxing Guy.
59:09
SPEAKER_01: Agawa is loading the heck up on a right hand.
59:15
SPEAKER_01: He is loading up so much.
59:17
SPEAKER_01: He's just like coming forward.
59:21
SPEAKER_01: See when he throws it.
59:22
SPEAKER_01: He's just like, he just, he is the photo,
59:25
SPEAKER_01: like I'm going to call Agawa in this film study the photographer
59:28
SPEAKER_01: because he just waits. He's like sitting there.
59:30
SPEAKER_01: And I get that in this fight against Zynga Fusilli,
59:35
SPEAKER_01: the guy's got fast hands and he's a lot bigger than him,
59:38
SPEAKER_01: but he doesn't trust punching with him because, you know,
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SPEAKER_01: he's got a speed advantage.
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SPEAKER_01: Okay, let's see the knockdown.
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SPEAKER_01: I guarantee it's with the right hand. That's what he throws.
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SPEAKER_01: Right hand, left hook. Right hand, left hook.
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SPEAKER_01: And when it lands, it's like, oh, buddy.
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SPEAKER_01: So I think if Agawa still has anything left, he'll probably win this fight.
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SPEAKER_01: He probably will.
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SPEAKER_01: Can you preview Yamata Hata versus Ryu Segaway?
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SPEAKER_01: Segaway with, and I love this.
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SPEAKER_01: They gave me the thing.
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SPEAKER_01: Segaway has black hair.
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SPEAKER_00: Okay, we got that.
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Okay.
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SPEAKER_01: Sent me one that has a lot of... You know what?
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SPEAKER_01: Love you guys, but we're getting towards the end.
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SPEAKER_01: I'm getting tuckered out.
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SPEAKER_01: We're going to go just Hada Film Study.
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SPEAKER_01: And we'll just go there.
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SPEAKER_01: Because if they're not YouTube links, it kind of gets tough.
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SPEAKER_01: Because at least the YouTube links are pretty fast.
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SPEAKER_01: When we start getting minute-long ads...
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SPEAKER_01: At the end on the super obscure film study, it gets rough for your boy.
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SPEAKER_01: So Hara with the dyed hair and white shorts. Okay.
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SPEAKER_01: So let's see what we got with Hara.
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SPEAKER_01: And he's solid.
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SPEAKER_01: He doesn't scream of being like a world-class fighter to me.
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SPEAKER_01: He's got talent.
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SPEAKER_01: It's obvious like he's what you'd call he has a look, you know?
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SPEAKER_01: Glaringly obvious that he's trying to load up on a straight left hand.
1:01:18
SPEAKER_01: It's like that's kind of been the theme of today's film study has been guys
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SPEAKER_01: that just sit and wait.
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SPEAKER_01: They're waiting to land the perfect punch.
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SPEAKER_01: They want you to come to them.
1:01:27
SPEAKER_01: Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, and more waiting. Let's see.
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SPEAKER_01: I mean, I'm just skipping through this and I'm just watching him wait.
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SPEAKER_01: Okay, he finally lets it go.
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SPEAKER_01: In round two, he throws.
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SPEAKER_01: I mean, he's just waiting for the perfect punch.
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SPEAKER_01: He's in coordination. I mean, what I like about, let me get his name right,
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SPEAKER_01: is Hata is he steps over to the side and angles,
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SPEAKER_01: and that's probably how he can catch you.
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SPEAKER_01: He pivots pretty well.
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SPEAKER_01: He's got some clunky footwork, but he pivots pretty well.
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SPEAKER_01: My issue with him is he just doesn't initiate.
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SPEAKER_01: It's like we're in round two and it's like you're just waiting.
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SPEAKER_01: That's a great style just to get beat.
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SPEAKER_01: You know, he's just sitting and waiting and waiting and waiting.
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SPEAKER_01: Does this change?
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SPEAKER_02: I mean, it's just too much.
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SPEAKER_02: Got a little showmanship to him, but yeah.
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SPEAKER_02: See what they got of Ryu Segway.
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SPEAKER_00: Night of Champions seven years ago on ESPN.
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SPEAKER_00: Okay, let's see.
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SPEAKER_01: So Segway, I just, I mean, at least he's popping the jab in this fight.
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SPEAKER_01: I'm watching him.
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SPEAKER_01: Segawa, he's popping the jab.
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SPEAKER_01: He's taking on Al Tagoyan.
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SPEAKER_00: I mean, it's just, it's tough.
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SPEAKER_02: I mean, this is going to be a good fight.
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SPEAKER_01: The thing I like about Segawa is he's willing to punch.
1:03:18
SPEAKER_01: The downside is that could lead to him possibly getting knocked out
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SPEAKER_01: because he's willing to punch.
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SPEAKER_01: But at least I like that, you know, tough.
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SPEAKER_01: Do you think Musad Abdullah can take the power of Aiden Palma?
1:03:33
SPEAKER_01: I actually do.
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SPEAKER_01: I actually do because I think Aiden Palma was a promising fringe club level guy
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SPEAKER_01: that could go to the next level board.
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SPEAKER_01: But without the help of kind of a developmental system for a year or two
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SPEAKER_01: at the club level, I just think he's kind of gone to a level in Zufa Boxing
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SPEAKER_01: where he's just not fully ready.
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SPEAKER_01: And I think Musad Abdullah, let me just double check this
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SPEAKER_02: from my limited film study.
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SPEAKER_01: Let's see, 13-1, one loss, majority decision to Zach Miller.
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SPEAKER_01: And then you look at Aiden Palma.
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SPEAKER_01: Palma's loss comes to Pablo Rubio, the shark.
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SPEAKER_01: Rubio did get dropped, so it's a reasonable thing.
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SPEAKER_01: Palma is a good power puncher.
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SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I just, my feeling is if you're going overseas with Zufa Boxing to fight
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SPEAKER_01: a British fighter, you've got to be really good.
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SPEAKER_01: And I just think it's a tall task for Aiden Palma.
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SPEAKER_01: Okay, that's your once a week podcast this week.
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SPEAKER_01: Let me know in the comments if you enjoyed it.
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SPEAKER_01: And be sure to send me some questions.
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SPEAKER_01: I do tons of film study, but ask me a couple of questions next week.
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SPEAKER_01: Give me some questions and I will answer them.
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SPEAKER_01: Thank you.